in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)
ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
(mixture of) ground beef and pork
the other night; a few nights ago
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...